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| 1. What I Remember Most |
| 2. Skywriting |
| 3. Running the Bath |
| 4. Gravity |
| 5. Haunted Piano #1 |
| 6. In Manual's Room |
| 7. Taking a Bath in Rust |
| 8. Flashback Blues |
| 9. Post-Flashback Blues |
| 10. Lonesome Subway |
| 11. Haunted Organ #1 |
| 12. Sofia Writing in the Sky |
| 13. To Adel Easley / Trouble in the Alley |
| 14. Manual's Got a Train to Catch |
Correct. Don't get me wrong - there are a few downsides to the album, most notably the length (pay this much for under 35 minutes of music?) and only two Eels songs, but it really is worth it. "What I Remember Most" is a haunting opener, which faintly recalls Belle & Sebastian's work with Todd Solondoz's "Storytelling" soundtrack. The instrumentals are short, pretty, but establish the effective mood RIGHT AWAY, something not many other scores can do. The latter suites that close the album are undeniably moving.
The two Eels songs, both under 3 minutes, are worthwhile in themselves. While the acoustic "Skywriting" is extremely worthy, it's "Taking A Bath In Rust" that steals the show, with it's soft-loud scratchy-voicings and the lush & memorable string arrangement that follows. It's amazing it wasn't a single, because it easily could have charted.
Again, it isn't perfect. Some of the "themes" are recycled too oft, but again, it's a minor complaint to a great work. It's not the greatest soundtrack ever made, but it's a very worthy entry into that "indie-rock soundtrack" subgenre, and an enjoyable one at that.
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